... Actually, it's a significant detail. Locks of hair are a common love token, which i assumed most readers would recognize. As Nigel points out, Wheel Street...
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wessyx
wessayx
Jun 15, 2005 2:14 pm
Nigel quote "And I wonder whether one evening, perhaps a little sozzled on too much wine, Seregil opens the drawer, and remembers them." I like the way your...
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c_yip
Jun 15, 2005 8:39 pm
I'm sure someone's asked about this before... or I'm just the densest person ever..... the patronymics and matronymics used...... how are they assigned? like...
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lynn_flewelling
Jun 15, 2005 10:50 pm
... í= "son of" ä = "daughter of" a patronymic(male name) is: given name, son of (father)(grandfather)(great grandfather)(name of clan) Matronymic...
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summershadows_winterl...
summershadow...
Jun 15, 2005 11:16 pm
Hi everybody, I hope it's okay to plug a site here I found (not my own site!). It's a clique against hate of all kinds and for open-mindedness. (In their own...
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c_yip
Jun 15, 2005 11:54 pm
Ah hah! Thankys! so you use the e with the 2 dots on top during informal introductions... I finally get it!...
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summershadows_winterl...
summershadow...
Jun 16, 2005 12:57 pm
Hello there, I've got a question for Lynn (or anyone who can answer it?) - The basic structure of Skala is clear - there's the queen, there's the aristocracy,...
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Tsumiko
hajinashitsu...
Jun 16, 2005 3:31 pm
I've just tried to upload an illustration from the Japanese edition of LitS in the file section, but I haven't been able to complete the uploading. Where else...
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Minako
gothicmalice
Jun 16, 2005 6:58 pm
Ooooh! It´s Out?! What´s the tittle, is it in english? *wants to buy/check it next time she goes on hollidays to Japan*. Are names in romanji or in katakana?...
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Alice Montrose
alice_montrose
Jun 17, 2005 12:08 pm
Try the photos section, and then post a link here. I've seen those illustrations, they are very nice... even if the character design is a bit different from...
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Tsumiko
hajinashitsu...
Jun 17, 2005 2:09 pm
... The title is "Yami no mamori te", translated in "The hand that protect in the darkness", or something similar. On the dictionary the word "mamorite";...
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Tsumiko
hajinashitsu...
Jun 17, 2005 2:17 pm
I've just uploaded the front cover of the japanese edition in the photos section. Thanks, Alice! I'll upload others illustrations in the next few days. Silvia ...
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lynn_flewelling
Jun 17, 2005 2:22 pm
Thanks for the preview! I haven't gotten a copy yet and it may be a while. And thanks for the translations! It's really amazing, now difficult it is to...
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lynn_flewelling
Jun 17, 2005 2:24 pm
... Whoo hoo! Thanks!...
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Andrea Chavez
achavez47
Jun 17, 2005 2:54 pm
It's really amazing, now difficult > it is to translate between two so dissimilar languages. I hope the changes make some sort of sense to Japanese readers. I...
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Jessica Fisher
ataruyuka
Jun 17, 2005 3:09 pm
In Japanese, there is a sound that is between an R and an L, which is written (in romanizations) as an R, but isn't really pronounced like an R. So "Areku" is...
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Suzanne LaFleur
arirashkae
Jun 17, 2005 4:08 pm
Actually, from what I've picked up in fansubbing and scanslations, that *is* the closest to a direct translation! It really is the ""L"s that do it. "Alucard"...
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Minako
gothicmalice
Jun 17, 2005 6:35 pm
... The protector hand of darkness or something like that? XDDD translated in "The hand that protect in the darkness", or something similar. *nods* I don't...
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Minako
gothicmalice
Jun 17, 2005 6:38 pm
Ah, so the protector of/in darkness. That makes more sense. XDDD Thanks! Minako On 6/17/05, Jessica Fisher <Jessica_Fisher@...> wrote: As for the title...
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Lynn Cheshire
eirynh_jayde
Jun 17, 2005 7:19 pm
... <<I can't imagine how Alec became Areku. LOL. It's not a bad name, though. But it doesn't seem to be a direct phonetic transition. Seregil's is even...
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Paula Lieberman
pa_lieberman
Jun 17, 2005 7:22 pm
r and l are not distinguishable in Japanese, so L and R are essentially interchangeable. Add a vowel to the end of the c/k consonant, and there's "ku"...
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Courtney
kohlpuppy
Jun 17, 2005 8:00 pm
For those of you who want to see more than just the cover, go here : http://www.livejournal.com/community/nightrunner/30189.html#cutid1 It's a link to a LJ...
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lynn_flewelling
Jun 17, 2005 10:33 pm
Saank yu! :-) Ah, great to get a glimpse at last. Yeah, Sergil's too pretty and Alec's a little young, but not bad, really. I like 'em! Fortunately someone...
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Esmira
sith_jester
Jun 17, 2005 11:20 pm
Pictures! Why have I been ignoring this topic until now?? Ohh... very, very nice. I am definitely picking me up a copy when I go to Japan later this year. And...
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Gnine
gninek
Jun 19, 2005 1:28 am
... ...*dies laughing* The poor Japanese with you name...all those Ls ;) And neat to see the Japanese style interpretation of your characters :) *resisting...
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Heidi Hobson
a1viola
Jun 19, 2005 1:46 am
That's right. I do know Japanese and there is no c-vowel, but there are cha, chi, chu, che, and cho though you usually only see chi b/c the others require...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Jun 19, 2005 10:58 am
Anybody going to Continuum 3 ( www.continuum.org.au ) ? It'll be held in Melbourne in the middle of July. Poppy Z Brite and Neil Gaiman will be there. I'll...
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Nigel Purchase
npurchase2000
Jun 20, 2005 4:31 am
My memeory isn't what it used to be, but didn't the membership of this group only exceed 700 a few months ago? On a different note -- I'm getting round to my...
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tawariel
Jun 20, 2005 6:02 am
It was the 800 mark and yes, we are almost at 900 now. *bg* Tawariel ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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lynn_flewelling
Jun 20, 2005 1:27 pm
... Pretty amazing! I just noticed the numbers myself. ... You have no idea what a thrill that is for a writer, that their books are reread with love. For me,...
